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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... figures. But, the news in Australia on Thursday was not as good, with disappointing official data showing a net loss of 22,600 jobs in December. LONSEC senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said, however, it was good to see the market clawing back ...

There's the good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

Retail super members more likely to switch funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... HOSTPLUS came in fourth place. Industry Communications Director at Roy Morgan Norman Morris said: "Apart from a change in jobs, the main reasons people give for switching their superannuation products to another fund is investment performance, as well ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower following the release of disappointing US jobs figures. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, lower at 5,292.1. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Australian share market is trading slightly lower after disappointing US jobs figure. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Hefferan said the most recent US employment figures may have fallen short of expectations but had followed two months of very ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mostly higher following a surprisingly weak US jobs report. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,286. The monthly US Labor ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... like that! To be sure the Abbott government is thinking, "this will hurt me as much as it hurts you", because of the 2,900 jobs that'll go - 1,300 in Melbourne and 1,600 in Adelaide - and that's not counting the heads (estimated to be around 45,000) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... stimulus. Attention was also on EADS as more detail emerged surrounding plans by the European aerospace giant to axe thousands of jobs. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day down 0.55 per cent at 6,523.31 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 fell 0.88 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following rises on international markets after surprisingly strong US jobs figures. At 0840 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,141. QBE shares fell more ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Australian share market is slightly lower as investors put aside good US jobs figures and strong Chinese trade data and focus on a shock profit warning from insurer QBE. Shares of QBE plunged around 20 per cent after the company announced that it ...